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37 Re: router recommendations
From: jimde@shark.TEK.COM (Jim Delwiche)
Date: 26 Jan 87 05:14:25 GMT
In article <241@shuksan.UUCP> mikey@shuksan.UUCP (Mike Fields) writes:
>of the other makita tools I have. I would like to see any information
>anybody else has on this and other routers in the same class (FWW had
>ads for about $175-$185 for this beast).
I've seen this discussion go around about three time on the net, and
every time, I have to followup and say, "I have a Makita 3612BR and
it's great!!!" The way I look at it, you can easily invest $400 in
carbide router bits, so why put them into a $69 router?
A router really has a hard job to do, when compared to most hand
tools. If you put in a 1/2" straight bit and take a 1/2" cut, you are
removing a lot more wood than with a circular saw or a drill. You can
really tell the difference using a router with some horsepower behind
it. The Makita doesn't slow down when taking off a lot of wood, and
consequently you're able to take a single, smooth pass, with much less
chance of burning the workpiece.
With a 1/2" collet, the 3612BR can take all the raised panel door
router bit sets available now. I'm not sure I'm ready to try the
raised panel itself, since those monster bits look kind of dangerous,
but the cope and stile bits look interesting. I think I'll use a
panel raising plane for the panel.
The Hitachi and Ryobi routers look like clones of the Makita. I
checked them all out at Whole Earth Access in Berkeley, and the Makita
just looked a little more high quality. The controls all are right
where you want them, and the balance is quite good. This is
important because it is a big tool, and if you dropped it, it would do
a job on your kneecap.
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